Nine Inch Nails - Live: Beside You In Time (Island)

Trent Reznor has a lot to answer for. Spawning a new way to brood (and, resultingly, a generation of industrial rock-loving malcontents), not to mention refining the genesis of Marilyn Manson, the cultural impact of his aesthetic has been abundantly clear in the two decades he has thus far been active. Now he has nicked Mazza's bass player on Beside You In Time, a fiercer, stronger proposition than 2002's comparatively lethargic And All That Could Have Been. Whether the sound is clearer - doubtful, given Reznor's usual level of perfectionism - or the new players have brought some sort of magic sack of gusto with them, this is a disc rammed with ass-kicking treasures. The riffs often exceed the synths – this is the With Teeth tour after all – and, although the live shows captured here are energised affairs, it is the bonus material shot at the band's rehearsal space that truly harnesses the undeniable electricity of Nine Inch Nails. [Dave Kerr]